Despite having only met Andrew twice, he had much influence over me. I was invited to contribute to BigGovernment in late 2009. Right from the start I was offered a forum to express some modest thoughts without being censored by anyone, including
I stumbled across James L. Brooks’ “Broadcast News” on TV the other night. I have always regarded it as his best movie, in which writing and casting so perfectly dovetail so as to provide a completely enjoyable experience. Mr. Brooks’
In a ruling that I’ve followed closely because of my interest in the short-term cash advance industry, a Colorado court has sided with Native American tribes allowing them immunity to subpoenas issued by the state Attorney General. This is, of course, the
For everyone out there supporting the #Occupy Movement, who calls themselves part of “the 99%”, identifies with their alleged struggle, and supports their strategies and tactics, you may want to think twice. History has taught that when the Left uncorks
I imagine that many Americans skipped right over the Coen Brothers’ 2009 film “A Serious Man” for many reasons — not the least of which is that the title does not exactly suggest a holiday tent-pole extravaganza. It also probably
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 [Editor: Please link to each] Contrary to recent media reports, the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is safe for use. Here is a review of all the studies done on
Please read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Contrary to recent media reports, the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is safe for use. Today I’ll present contrasting studies on the product, to show the difference between a properly performed study
Please read Part 1 and Part 2. Contrary to recent media reports, the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is safe for use. Oregon OSHA and Federal OSHA had already attacked Brazilian Blowout’s product, steering the media to focus on faulty aspects
Contrary to recent media reports, the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is safe for use. You’d never know it, though, because the mainstream media has been perpetuating one myth after another about Brazilian Blowout while ignoring the facts. Last time, I
Contrary to ongoing media reports, the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is safe for use. The company is caught in a perfect storm of faulty private and government studies, absurd regulatory definitions, environmentalist hoopla, Liberal politics, and verifiable governmental incompetence. Add
Edwin David Barlow is dead. This is a fact. There are other facts, too. One fact is that he died on December 17, 1990. Another fact is that he taught at Horace Greeley High School for over thirty-six years. Yet
A controversy has erupted over the alleged danger posed by formaldehyde being released during Brazilian Blowouts, the immensely popular hair treatment offered by GIB, LLC, the company behind the product. My exclusive investigation into the truth behind these allegations has
The #OccupyWhatever protest has an eerie feeling of déjà vu surrounding it. Back in 1985, when I was attending Cornell University, the movement du jour was encouraging universities to divest from companies that did business in then-apartheid South Africa. At
The mainstream media loves to hate payday lenders. That’s because it’s easy to paint them as villains without ever explaining the whole story behind the product. So they publish article upon article attacking payday lenders without ever acknowledging that millions
A website called Kickstarter.com is making an extraordinary contribution to the arts — broadly defined here as art, comics, dance, design, fashion, food, film, music, games, photography, theatre, and writing. It isn’t only artistic projects, either. Kickstarter accepts “creative projects,”
Junk science has exploded thanks to the Internet. It’s easier than ever to strike fear in the hearts of consumers by using words like “toxic” or worse, “cancer” in association with a given product. Some of you may remember the
I’ve been examining the messages coming out of the Occupy movement the past few days. I’ve discovered three subsets of people that seem to be making their voices heard. However, let me begin with “The 53%” . Take some time
I had lost touch with my friend and businessman Domingo Bernardo many years ago, and he finally turned up on Facebook. Domingo’s story is an incredible one: My father “earned” his way out of Cuba by working essentially as a
Time, experience, and maturity have led me to conclude that it is better to be in control of your own destiny than to have it dictated to you. If you control your own destiny, then you reap the rewards of
This administration really does not want small business to succeed. In my last article, I wrote a personal story of how government regulation was directly killing jobs. I received a lot of support from the BIG community on in both
For Your Eyes Only is unquestionably the best film in the Roger Moore Bond series. It has just about everything I want in a Bond movie. Despite a few missteps here and there, the film is totally engaging, featuring Mr.
I occasionally broker commercial loans between finance companies and small businesses. It gives me a lot of pride when I bring together an American entrepreneur who is ready to risk all his assets on his own business, with a finance
As a communications professional, my assessment of the Obama Administration’s communications strategy is that it may be the most inept performance I have ever seen of any political regime. Crisis communications is not a silver bullet. Some thing simply cannot
Of the many questions we grapple with about 9/11, the one I hear most often from people of every faith is, “Where was God?” The question itself presents an obstacle, because language cannot adequately describe God. The Divine is often
